OXFORD AND DISTRICT MENCAP

Registered charity 261236 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OXFORD AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND ADULTS, OXFORD AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED

The care and support of children and adults with a learning disability - and support for their parents and other carers :- seven o'clock social club for adults age 15 and over, Summer holiday programme for about 90 children and adults - also giving a week's respite to carers.

Objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS (B) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED THEREOF BY REASON OF LEARNING DISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE, TO ADVANCE RELIGION AMONG PERSONS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY (C) TO PREVENT LEARNING DISABILITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Warrington, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£87k

Latest spending

£69k

Registered

1970

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £17,726 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £86,552 and total expenditure of £68,826. The trustees report that fund balances total £103,252, which they consider sufficient to finance continuing activities and maintain reserves at a required level of £60,000 to ensure twelve months of core activity could continue during unforeseen difficulty.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Other Income (76% of income)

“Other Income 66,072 0 66,072 48,668” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 100
Government income: £12,000 — grants £12,000 (1); 14% of the £86,552 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 80

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 80

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Oxford Mencap (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

ALEC WINTON
Alice Lowe
CHRISTINA SANDRA GOSSAGE KRZYSIA
Jessica Lewis
Kathleen McGlynn
Matthew Whitelock
Thomas Honey

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£87k	£69k
31/12/2024	£62k	£60k
31/12/2023	£74k	£55k
31/12/2022	£53k	£62k
31/12/2021	£65k	£51k

Common questions

Is OXFORD AND DISTRICT MENCAP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £17,726 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £86,552 and total expenditure of £68,826. The trustees report that fund balances total £103,252, which they consider sufficient to finance continuing activities and maintain reserves at a required level of £60,000 to ensure twelve months of core activity could continue during unforeseen difficulty. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds OXFORD AND DISTRICT MENCAP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OXFORD AND DISTRICT MENCAP as a grant recipient include BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHARITY, SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST, MR AND MRS J A PYE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k	Grant
BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k
THE ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHARITY	FY2021	£3k	Advancement of health
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k	Ann Rylands Small Donations
MR AND MRS J A PYE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2023	£2k
BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£2k
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k	Single payment
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k	Single payment
BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	amount not stated

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
LLOYDS BANK FOUNDATION FOR ENGLAND & WALES	1	£52k
PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION	1	£25k
THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND	1	£25k
CHARITY OF ROBERT PHILLIPS	1	£12k
CROYDON ALMSHOUSES	1	£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ELMBRIDGE MENCAP.

ELMBRIDGE MENCAP income £310k
MENCAP IN KIRKLEES income £3.6m
MIDLAND MENCAP income £10.8m
SCARBOROUGH AND DISTRICT MENCAP income £909k
SAFFRON WALDEN MENCAP SOCIETY income £50k
HERTSMERE MENCAP income £183k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
OXFORD AND DISTRICT MENCAP	£87k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ELMBRIDGE MENCAP FY2025	£310k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MENCAP IN KIRKLEES FY2025	£3.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MIDLAND MENCAP FY2025	£10.8m	£100,001 - £110,000	2	above	—	no doubt
SCARBOROUGH AND DISTRICT MENCAP FY2025	£909k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SAFFRON WALDEN MENCAP SOCIETY FY2025	£50k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.